St. Jerome’s Laneway is back

Laneway Festival is happy to announce the dates, venues and pre-sale info for the 2018 event, along with the first two acts to join the line-up in Australia and New Zealand with Mac DeMarco and Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals

The local stunt man running a firebug bootcamp

If you play with fire you will get burned–unless you know how to ‘play’ safely. Professional stuntman and special effect coordinator, Kristian Hilton, is willing to teach a select group of people to learn how to do exactly that.

The ANZ Geelong Small Business Expo Recap

For the second time the ANZ Geelong Small Business Expo was held celebrating and connecting small business owners with an expo and market.

Mav’s opens this Thursday

In case you missed it, Geelong’s is getting a big, fat Greek restaurant, and they’re opening on Thursday!

Josh Pyke goes regional

Songman Josh Pyke is taking a well-earned breather at the end of the year, but not before he heads out for one more regional run.

Drop everything, the Falls lineup is out

Falls Festival seems to be a bit of a no-brainer when it comes to deciding what to do on New Years Eve, and with the lineup just released you’d be stupid not to try and get your hands on some tickets – plus it’s their 25th year celebration, it would be rude not to help celebrate.

Liam Gallagher is coming to Australia

Liam Gallagher, the mastermind who pioneered one of the greatest bands of all time, is coming to Australia to play some music.

British India announce massive 32-date national tour

Aussie rockers British India have announced a huge national tour for their upcoming new album Forgetting The Future.

Maja is out for blood

Serbian-born soul-folk-pop singer-songwriter Maja completed her studies in Music Composition at the University of Queensland in 2014.

Stephen Bailey: Silo

Stephen Bailey’s debut solo album Silo is a fairly big step away from Bailey’s previous music with Mt. Mountain, which…

The Mane Event 2017

The brainchild of Jon Gilchrist and Tristan Gall, The Mane Event is a musical day out for a great cause.

LANY: Lany

Electric songs of love and loss, a modern synth-pop break-up album accompanied by moody, spectral guitar lines.

Lincoln Le Fevre and The Insiders: Come Undone

You’ve just partied your heart out on New Year’s Eve in the arms of your mates and now the dawn…

Blues News #670

Following from a Blues Train, how about a Blues Cruise? You have two options here, the Hygeia in Geelong and the Lady Cutler in Melbourne.

Pulp 119

All things considered, Ex Machina is more a political story than a superhero one, but that shouldn’t put you off; it’s smart, entertaining and most importantly, a hell of a good read.

AC/DC co-founder and former rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young has died

The music industry have lost another legend.

Menulog has gone to extreme lengths to deliver ‘The Geelongest Pizza’

Menulog partners with The Pizza Box, to create the ultimate Geelong pizza

Surfbeat: Michael Legge-Wilkinson… surfing artist and activist

Michael Legge-Wilkinson has been a journeyman. For the last twenty years he has travelled and worked around Australia with a surfboard under one arm and easel under the other.

River Rocks 10

The line-up for River Rocks has been released, whether the world was ready for it or not.

Audemia bid farewell with The Final Ride

With their unique sound and heavy riffs getting a lot of people talking, it’s been a busy few years for the lads, who are now sadly calling it quits.

There’s a dress for your brand workshop – and we want in

We all know how difficult it can be choosing our clothing every day – but add the fact that we are dressing for our brand and lifestyle, and it starts to get tricky.

Thy Art Is Murder on their growing maturity, CJ’s return and their most brutal album yet

It’s never easy when a vocalist leaves a band. When Chris “CJ” McMahon left Thy Art Is Murder towards the end of 2016, the future was uncertain. The only thing that was clear was that the band would carry on and continue to serve up savagely brutal deathcore like only they can.

Alex Lahey’s family feeling

The repeat function may well be still on for Alex Lahey’s B-Grade University, but in a couple of months you will need to make room for I Love You like a Brother.

There’s a vintage hairstyling workshop coming up and we are so there

Well, this hands-on workshop will have you pin curling, tucking and teasing like a pro in no time. All styling tools and products are provided as well as coffee/tea and yummy nibbles. Win, win and win.

 

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